Wonderful Words of Life

Scripture, Proclamation, and Community

Edited by Todd D. Still

Published by: Baylor University Press

Imprint: Big Bear Books

Sales Date: Wednesday, 16th Apr 2025

256 Pages, 5.50 x 8.50 x 0.99 in

Hardcover
9781481318051
Published: Wednesday, 15th Apr 2026

$27.99

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Sometimes described as "people of the book," Christ-followers the world over have found Scripture to offer life-giving words. What is true of any number of Christian institutions is also true of Baylor University and of Baylor’s Truett Seminary—various verses from the Bible, meant to upbuild the community, are strategically (and hopefully, tastefully!) displayed on their campuses. This valuable volume, replete with images, contains ten sermons preached by Truett Seminary faculty and staff on biblical passages explicitly cited or referenced at the school’s Baugh-Reynolds campus in Waco, Texas. These messages illustrate how "the Word" can be skillfully employed to punctuate and animate a community’s life together.

1 Doing Our Best for God, by William J. Abraham
2 I Will Be with You, by Jared Alcantara
3 The Center and the Periphery, by Kimlyn Bender
4 The Law's Inability to Check Sin and Generate the Obedience It Demands, by David Garland
5 Tall Orders, by Scott M. Gibson
6 Well, Well, Well, by Joel C. Gregory
7 The Joy of the LORD Is Our Strength, by Jenny Howell
8 Spiritual Friendship, by Ben Simpson
9 Gospel People, by Todd D. Still

Todd D. Still is Charles J. and Eleanor McLerran DeLancey Dean & William M. Hinson Professor of Christian Scriptures at George W. Truett Theological Seminary, Baylor University. He is also the editor of Image and Word: Reflections on the Stained Glass in the Paul W. Powell Chapel, Texts and Contexts: Gospels and Pauline Studies, God and Israel: Providence and Purpose in Romans 9–11, the Baylor Annotated Study Bible, and With Radiant Hope: Timely and Timeless Reflections from George W. Truett.